Garo: Makai no Hana

Garo: Makai no Hana
Promotional poster for Garo: Makai no Hana featuring Raiga Saezima (Masei Nakayama)
Genre	Tokusatsu Horror Drama
Created by	Keita Amemiya
Based on	Garo
Written by	Keita Amemiya Hisako Fujihira Kei Taguchi Itaru Era Yūdai Yamaguchi Norio Kida Sumiko Umeda Yūsuke Kawanami
Directed by	Keita Amemiya Mitsuyoshi Abe Yūdai Yamaguchi Makoto Yokoyama Yasuhiro Matsuda Ryu Kaneda Akihito Shimoda Shigeyuki Nakagawa Jubei Ino Yoshiomi Umetsu Akira Ohashi Kei Era
Starring	Masei Nakayama Atomu Mizuishi Natsumi Ishibashi
Opening theme	"Garo -Makai no Hana-" by Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, and Hiroshi Kitadani "Raiga ~Tusk of thunder~" by JAM Project
Ending theme	"Yasashisa no Tsubomi" by Faylan "my memory, your memory" by JAM Project
Composer(s)	Shunji Inoue
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kiyotaka Ninomiya
Producer(s)	Kanako Natsui
Running time	24-25 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	Tohokushinsha Film
Broadcast
Original channel	TX Network
Original run	April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04) – September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26)
Chronology
Preceded by	Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono
Related shows	GARO
External links
テレビ東京・あにてれ　牙狼＜GARO＞-魔戒ノ花-
「牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花-」2014年4月 放送スタート

Garo: Makai no Hana (牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花-, "Garo: The Makai Flower") is a 2014 Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the fourth television series set in the Garo universe, this time focusing on the character of Raiga Saezima, the latest to take on the mantle of the Golden Knight Garo. The series began broadcast on April 4, 2014, on TV Tokyo and its sister stations in the TX Network.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Plot

Garo: Makai no Hana follows Raiga Saezima, the son of Kouga Saezima and Kaoru Mitsuki, who after his parents' disappearance trained to succeed his father as the new Golden Knight Garo, being ultimately granted this honor after Kouga, who unbeknownst to Raiga is still alive somewhere, relinquishes his title to his son to act in his stead. After several years, he is tasked by the Senate to deal with Eyrith, a Horror whose power to revive the evil Messiah led Makai Priests of the past to seal her essence into a stone slab by using nine Horrors as foundation stones. In the present day, this seal has been undone and these Horrors roam freely, even though one possesses Eyrith's seed which will bloom if it cannot be sealed in time. Raiga is assigned to stop Eyrith, and to that end the Senate sends Mayuri, a young human woman who is claimed to be a Madōgu with the power to seal Horrors - a vital instrument in sealing the nine Horrors after being slain by a Makai Knight. To further assist them, the Senate also assigns the Shadow Knight Crow to assist Raiga and Mayuri in their mission, to prevent Eyrith from blooming and bringing Messiah back into the realm of the living.

Episodes

On April 4, 2014, TV Tokyo broadcast a special program titled Garo: Makai no Hana New Legend Special (牙狼〈GARO〉-魔戒ノ花- 新たなる伝説スペシャル, Garo Makai no Hana Aratanaru Densetsu Supesharu).^[31]

Cast

• Raiga Saezima (冴島 雷牙, Saejima Raiga): Masei Nakayama (中山 麻聖, Nakayama Masei)
• Mayuri (マユリ): Natsumi Ishibashi (石橋 菜津美, Ishibashi Natsumi)
• Crow (クロウ, Kurō): Atomu Mizuishi (水石 亜飛夢, Mizuishi Atomu)
• Gonza Kurahashi (倉橋 ゴンザ, Kurahashi Gonza): Yukijirō Hotaru (螢 雪次朗, Hotaru Yukijirō)
• Jiiru (ジイル): Asana Mamoru (護 あさな, Mamoru Asana)
• Biku (媚空, Bikū): Sayaka Akimoto (秋元 才加, Akimoto Sayaka)
• Shido (四道, Shidō): Ren Osugi (大杉 漣, Ōsugi Ren)
• Eiji Busujima (毒島 エイジ, Busujima Eiji): Show Aikawa (哀川 翔, Aikawa Shō)
• Madō Ring Zaruba (魔導輪ザルバ, Madōrin Zaruba, Voice): Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ, Kageyama Hironobu)
• Madō Brooch Orva (魔導具オルヴァ, Madōgu Oruva, Voice): Eri Ōzeki (大関 英里, Ōzeki Eri)

Theme songs

Opening themes

• "Garo -Makai no Hana-" (牙狼〈GARO〉 -魔戒ノ花-)
  • Composition & Arrangement: Shiho Terada, Yoshichika Kuriyama, Yoichi Matsuo
  • Artist: Masaaki Endoh, Masami Okui, Hiroshi Kitadani
• "Raiga ~Tusk of thunder~" (雷牙 ～Tusk of thunder～)
  • Lyrics & Composition: Hironobu Kageyama
  • Arrangement: Kenichi Sudō
  • Artist: JAM Project

Ending themes

• "Yasashisa no Tsubomi" (優しさの蕾, "Flower Bud of Kindness")
  • Composition: Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
  • Arrangement: Evan Call (Elements Garden)
  • Lyrics & Artist: Faylan
• "my memory, your memory"
  • Lyrics & Composition: Masami Okui
  • Arrangement: Shiho Terada, Yoshichika Kuriyama
  • Artist: JAM Project

References

External links

• Official website
• Garo: Makai no Hana at TV Tokyo